. >> reporter: this public service announcement features florida congresswoman ilian nan ross late nen who says her transgender child she loves as maends she still loves as rodrigo. the conservative gop lawmaker is now supporting president obama's directive telling all public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender 50idity. the president speaking to buzzfeed monday. >> make sure that everybody is treated fairly and our kids are all loved and that they're expected. >> reporter: but it's a policy many republicans have vowed to presidential hopeful ted cruz who called it politically correct lunacy. >> demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into little girls bathrooms. >> reporter: it also comes on the heels of north carolina's showdown with the federal government over that state's new bathroom law, the justice department says discriminates against transgender residents. both sides are now suing each other as hundreds of protesters hit the streets again monday hoping to repeal the law. those dueling lawsuits ove